I was born in the year 1802. I am the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Martineau. My father was a textile manufacturer from Norwich. My parents had very strong opinions on the education of girls, which were progressive views. When my brother found out that the article I wrote, On Female Education, he told me to keep pursuing this topic. My father tried to marry me to John Hugh Worthington, but I decided that it wasn’t right. My father died in 1829, afterwards I moved to London where I worked with an editor, William Fox. My first two books I wrote in 1826, Devotional Exercises for the Use of Young Persons and Addresses fir the Use of Families. Afterwards I started writing books on politics and economics. Since I have such a strong passion for social reform and had a major influence from Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. In 1832 I wrote another bestseller, Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated. I then decided to travel the US for two years since I had the financial support. I became very concerned with the treatment of women and decided to dedicate a chapter in my book Society in America. I believe that women need the opportunity to go to college rather than only being able to get married and raise a family. Years later I decided to build a house in the Lake District in 1845. 1851 was the year I lost my friendship with my brother due to the book Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development. This book was a complete rejection of religious belief and that’s what made my brother not want to have a relationship with me. In 1852 I joined the staff of the Daily News. 1866 was the year I joined forces with four other women to present a petition to Parliament to grant women the right to vote. In 1869 I decided that I needed to criticize the Contagious Diseases Act. I helped form the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act. Towards the end of my time, I was forced to only continue writing pamphlets and articles on women’s rights until I was diagnosed with bronchitis and could no longer fight it in 1876.
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I was born in the year 1802. I am the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Martineau. My father was a textile manufacturer from Norwich. My parents had very strong opinions on the education of girls, which were progressive views. When my brother found out that the article I wrote, On Female Education, he told me to keep pursuing this topic. My father tried to marry me to John Hugh Worthington, but I decided that it wasn’t right. My father died in 1829, afterwards I moved to London where I worked with an editor, William Fox. My first two books I wrote in 1826, Devotional Exercises for the Use of Young Persons and Addresses fir the Use of Families. Afterwards I started writing books on politics and economics. Since I have such a strong passion for social reform and had a major influence from Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. In 1832 I wrote another bestseller, Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated. I then decided to travel the US for two years since I had the financial support. I became very concerned with the treatment of women and decided to dedicate a chapter in my book Society in America. I believe that women need the opportunity to go to college rather than only being able to get married and raise a family. Years later I decided to build a house in the Lake District in 1845. 1851 was the year I lost my friendship with my brother due to the book Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development. This book was a complete rejection of religious belief and that’s what made my brother not want to have a relationship with me. In 1852 I joined the staff of the Daily News. 1866 was the year I joined forces with four other women to present a petition to Parliament to grant women the right to vote. In 1869 I decided that I needed to criticize the Contagious Diseases Act. I helped form the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act. Towards the end of my time, I was forced to only continue writing pamphlets and articles on women’s rights until I was diagnosed with bronchitis and could no longer fight it in 1876.
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